There’s a pretty funny piece in today’s Wall Street Journal about the selection process that goes into matching frat boys and their dates at football games. I think this is my favorite part:

… Of course, too much football knowledge isn’t always a great thing: At a game several years ago, he says, his date surprised him by calling out plays, predicting which way the ball would go and explaining why certain penalties were being called. “It was emasculating,” Mr. Poteat recalls. “At a certain point I was asking her, ‘What happened there?’ “

here is a shot of what reportedly are some Auburn sorority girls, two pouty, interested in but unknowgeable about football and one who is disinterested in and doesn’t give a sh!t about football or anything else except herself; a frat boy who thinks he is going to get lucky but he’s not; his father; a shot of the elephant in the room, and the sorority house mother wearing a protective clear vinyl cape – as noted in the comments, the self-timing camera was ready to shoot when she remembered she hadn’t taken the plastic off the leopard-spotted chair and once again, knowing the elephant was coming along for the ride, the house mother’s quick thinking saved the day or at least her dress, as they all prepare to stop by the Auburn Vet School, pick up the elephant, load him into the hauler and caravan to Athens for the Saturday night festivities

Completely agree. My wife knows almost nothing about football, and it doesn’t bother me a bit. On the other hand, a female friend of ours does more jumping around, shouting, refs-criticizing, etc., during a football game than any of the guys I know. It’s really, really difficult for me (and everyone else) to watch games with her.

I expect men to act like apes. (There’s a reason my wife prefers for me to watch the games at home, and never in public.) But when a woman does it … off-putting, to say the least.

Nosebleeds? Really? No fraternities have block seating higher than row 18 in the 300 level. If you haven’t noticed, there are quite a few more rows just in that section, and also, you know, the monstrous 600 level.

Quote Of The Day

“Being a student at Georgia and playing ball, I’ve definitely grown, widened my horizons and experienced things I never thought I would. I feel like I’ve grown on and off the field, and the university prepared me for that. I’ve done some awesome things and met some awesome people. I’ll definitely be back to finish my schoolwork, because that was a big priority for me and my family and weighed heavily on my decision. I know football won’t last forever. It’ll be great to come back and get that degree, so I can tell my kids about it one day.” — Roquan Smith, AJ-C, 3/7/18